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Hemochromatosis: Newt Beginnings
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And the Renal Road to Happiness. Saturday, January 11, 2014. How good to see you! It's better than being viewed. I have some news for you! You have a new physician. His name is Newt. Malcolm Newt.". What happened to "Doc Holliday? I'm sorry to say that he was gunned down at the Not-Quite OK Corral. It's a sad story, and one that will not bear the telling. But now there's Doctor NEWT! You seem quite excited about him. We went through the usual formalities, the typical poking, prodding, and prostrating tha...
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Hemochromatosis: February 2010
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And the Renal Road to Happiness. Thursday, February 25, 2010. My Liver is Warm and Moist. 8221; Humor it is, then. Every part of human existence was governed by these humors:. Black bile, Phlegm. Cold and dry, cold and moist. Courageous, hopeful, amorous. Easily angered, bad tempered. Despondent, sleepless, irritable; calm, unemotional. A person who is choleric is a doer. They have a lot of ambition, energy, and passion, and try to instill it in others. They can dominate people of other temperame...A per...
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Hemochromatosis: September 2010
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And the Renal Road to Happiness. Saturday, September 18, 2010. Depositing Iron in a Time of Financial Crisis. I have been waiting for. The economy to turn around for the United States and the world, not because I have been suffering financially, because that is not the case. For 40 years I have not been investing in the stock market, I have been investing in iron and it has paid off. Bonds have an interesting aspect to them. They are, for the most part, a stable commodity. They generally do. Makes its li...
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Hemochromatosis: January 2011
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And the Renal Road to Happiness. Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Yesterday I received a phone call from Dr. Wurlizter's office re-informing me that I had an appointment with DW on the morrow. The caller also wished to confirm that I had already taken care of my blood work. The blood work that was assigned to you six months ago when the appointment was made," she replied. No one said anything to me about making any such explorations of my bodily fluids," I rejoined. She had me there. Over and over again.
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Hemochromatosis: June 2011
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And the Renal Road to Happiness. Friday, June 17, 2011. Dr Beeblebrox, I have good news and bad news! I have prodded every orifice, thumped every organ, monitered every function, sampled every gland and you seem to be in fine shape.". Is that the good news or the bad news? Is that the good news or the bad news? I'm sort of ambivalent about whether that is good news or bad news.". Tell me about it.". That was a rhetorical request , Doc. I know all about it already.". Yes You have a braincloud.". Another P...
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Hemochromatosis: Well, okay....
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And the Renal Road to Happiness. Monday, January 3, 2011. If the ferritin is high, should I get a phlebotomy? Would I not endanger my health by reducing my iron excessively? What to do.me oh my oh me! Is that enough angst to hold you for a while? I see the doctor on Wednesday. Who knows when his nanobots will have the results! I suspect that I will not have a lot of ferritin this time around because I have been eating nothing but plastic. I need some meat! January 3, 2011 at 8:04 AM. What does that mean?
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Hemochromatosis: June 2010
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And the Renal Road to Happiness. Wednesday, June 30, 2010. I am Ironman - A blood drive coordinator's story. As a writer and American Red Cross blood drive coordinator, Zaphod Beeblebrox’s stories about his battle with hemochromatosis goes to show that sometimes life truly is stranger than fiction. You know, I am really an old guy, but in August of 2008 I was only 66. I realize that a year’s worth of error is not a tragedy, but come on… a year’s a year! What other kind of transfusions are there? In addit...
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Hemochromatosis: Well, Hoopydoo....
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And the Renal Road to Happiness. Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Yesterday I received a phone call from Dr. Wurlizter's office re-informing me that I had an appointment with DW on the morrow. The caller also wished to confirm that I had already taken care of my blood work. The blood work that was assigned to you six months ago when the appointment was made," she replied. No one said anything to me about making any such explorations of my bodily fluids," I rejoined. She had me there. Over and over again.
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Hemochromatosis: March 2010
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And the Renal Road to Happiness. Thursday, March 18, 2010. This week is filled with activity, but not much excitement. On Tuesday we held the first of our two semi-annual blood drives at the Church, for the which I have some guiding responsibility. I was hoping for some sort of episode on which I could train my verbal cannon and fill up another posting by regaling my readers with another series of events bordering on the macabre. No joy! I smiled and replied, “I moved here from Albuquerque”. This morning...
